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Marian Dolan 4-H Champion

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, of the Maple Knoll 4-H club north of Sun Prairie, 1931 National 4-H champion, sitting at the piano.
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Graduate Students Share House

Date: 01 15 1961
Description: One in a series of photographs of four U.W. physics graduate students who are renting a furnished home at 429 Russell Walk. Mark Daehler, Cedar Rapids, Iow...
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Christmas Entertainment at Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona

Date: 12 20 1960
Description: Montrose school district students from Dane & Green County entertain residents at the Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona. The children performed a Chr...
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Exquisite Harp on Display in Madison Store

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Helen Kowalke, an employe of Forbes-Meagher Music Company, tries out the harp on display at the store.
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Arthur O. Schroeder Home on Token Creek

Date: 10 04 1960
Description: Mrs. Velma "Pem" Wheaton, Milwaukee, who designed the interior of the Arthur O. Schroeder home, sits beneath a picture grouping that carries out the room's...
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Madison Civic Symphony "Pops Concert"

Date: 01 17 1960
Description: Planning for the first "Pops Concert" staged by the Madison Civic Music Association and performed by the Madison Civic Symphony on April 30th are: L to R: ...
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Cynthia Adams, "Talenteen" Finalist

Date: 04 01 1963
Description: Overhead view of a young woman playing a grand piano. Caption reads: "One of 10 "Talenteen" finalists, Cynthia Adams, 15, of 3365 S. 69th st., perfo...
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U.W. Dames Club Nursery School

Date: 02 13 1959
Description: Young children paying attention to their teacher, Beverly McCumber, who is reading a picture book at a cooperative nursery school at Bashford Methodist Chu...
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University of Wisconsin Fraternity Housemothers

Date: 01 19 1959
Description: Louise Hackworthy, housemother for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, playing the piano with two fraternity members, Ralf Torngren and Roger Rumbie.
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University of Wisconsin Fraternity Housemothers

Date: 01 19 1959
Description: Four housemothers for University of Wisconsin fraternities enjoy a game of bridge while Stephen Porter and Harvey Wendel, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity membe...
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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Sister Mary Susanne, director of the School of Nursing at St. Mary's Hospital, chatting with Anne Hibbard, left, and Lenora Buenzli at the annual tea of th...
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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Guests of the annual tea included, left to right, seated: Kathleen Ross, and Gladys Dean. Standing: Margaret Schmitz and Mary Lyons.
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Granny Cowdin

Date: 11 19 1958
Description: Mary B. Cowdin is in her apartment playing her piano and joined by her son-in-law, Ralf Metz, who is playing a violin, and her grandsons Scott, 12, and All...
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Skavlem Family

Date: 1875
Description: The Skavlem family is around the table at the home of Lars H. Skavlem. A cloth, books, a vase of flowers and fruit are on the table. The two men on the r...
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Old Cooper Living Room with Fireplace

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Description: A view of the old Cooper living room with furnishings and a fireplace. Henry S. Cooper was the original owner of the Dunmovin estate.
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We Saw You . . . at Dental Hygiene Tea

Date: 09 13 19958
Description: Members of the Madison Dental Hygiene Association hold a tea at the Governor's Mansion in Maple Bluff. Shown listening to Louise Dostal, 205 N. Randall Ave...
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Concert at Milwaukee Art Institute

Date: 09 24 1954
Description: Three performers are on stage together: a man playing a clarinet, a woman singing, and a man playing a piano. Caption reads: "A concert trio performed
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Gunnar Johansen Plays Benefit Concert

Date: 04 16 1953
Description: A man is sitting at a piano on stage. Caption reads: "Prof Gunnar Johansen playing benefit concert Mt Horeb".
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Jimmie Noone Orchestra

Date: 1941
Description: Three men and one woman playing instruments in a band. Framed photographs are hanging behind them. Caption reads: "Jimmy [sic] Noone (Negro) orchestra, ca....
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You Will Not Go Astray

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "But you will not go astray if you go to the 'Palm Garden. F.J. Gaetzman, Wausau, Wis." A photo postcard with two images. On the left ...

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